https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/616117
Title: | The Prevalence and Impact of Fake News on COVID-19 Vaccination in Taiwan: Retrospective Study of Digital Media | Authors: | YEN-PIN CHEN Chen, Yi-Ying Yang, Kai-Chou Lai, Feipei CHIEN-HUA HUANG Chen, Yun-Nung Tu, Yi-Chin |
Keywords: | COVID-19; fake news; infodemic; infodemiology; misinformation; public immunity; social media; vaccination; vaccine hesitancy | Issue Date: | 2022 | Publisher: | JMIR PUBLICATIONS, INC | Journal Volume: | 24 | Journal Issue: | 4 | Source: | Journal of medical Internet research | Abstract: | Vaccination is an important intervention to prevent the incidence and spread of serious diseases. Many factors including information obtained from the internet influence individuals' decisions to vaccinate. Misinformation is a critical issue and can be hard to detect, although it can change people's minds, opinions, and decisions. The impact of misinformation on public health and vaccination hesitancy is well documented, but little research has been conducted on the relationship between the size of the population reached by misinformation and the vaccination decisions made by that population. A number of fact-checking services are available on the web, including the Islander news analysis system, a free web service that provides individuals with real-time judgment on web news. In this study, we used such services to estimate the amount of fake news available and used Google Trends levels to model the spread of fake news. We quantified this relationship using official public data on COVID-19 vaccination in Taiwan. |
URI: | https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/616117 | ISSN: | 1438-8871 | DOI: | 10.2196/36830 |
Appears in Collections: | 醫學院附設醫院 (臺大醫院) |
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